Texas Ranger John B. Jones and the Frontier Battalion, 1874-1881 /

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In 1874, the Texas legislature created the Frontier Battalion, the first formal, budgeted organization as an arm of state government of what historically had been periodic groups loosely referred to as Texas Rangers. Initially created to combat the menace of repeated raids of Indians from the north...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Miller, Rick, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Frances B. Vick series ; no. 9.
Temas:
Jones, John B., > 1834-1881.
Jones, John B., > 1834-1881
Texas Rangers. > Frontier Battalion > Biography.
Texas Rangers. > Frontier Battalion
1846-1950
Frontier and pioneer life > Texas.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Frontier and pioneer life
Texas > History > 1846-1950.
Texas > Histoire > 1846-1950.
Texas
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Irresistible on horseback
  • Daring gallantry
  • The right man
  • No carpet-knight
  • A heavy task
  • The abominable legislature
  • Kill all the Dutch
  • Gallant and untiring
  • Terribly tongue-lashed
  • A Bedouin in the saddle
  • Here comes the rangers!
  • A manly and vigorous effort
  • Agin my profession
  • Stately as a queen
  • Scared on our arrival
  • Promptness and fidelity
  • Sober, steady, and respectable man
  • Pangs of sorrow
  • The best officers and men.

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